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Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Top 5 Magic Kingdom Traditions!

I think it’s
safe to say I have a thing about ‘traditions’! So here’s a few of my MagicKingdom ones.

Emporium

Starting
from the bottom of Main Street, I love how you can meander through
several shops without even having to officially ‘exit’ another. Much like World
of Disney in Downtown Disney, it’s a Disney shopping paradise! And once your
done with one row, you can cross the street and do the same down the other side
of Main Street!

The Plaza

Come on,
you knew food would crop up on this list didn’t you? The most recent tradition
added to the list, I cannot, for the foreseeable forever imagine a Walt Disney
World holiday without at least one stop at The Plaza! Cheese steakwich followed
by the brownies and ice cream…I think I need to run off now and book a
reservation!

Haunted Mansion

As far as ‘first
ride’ traditions go (can’t you tell there will be a post on that too!?) Haunted
Mansion is top of the list. I love the story, official and guest created. I
took the Keys to the Kingdom tour a few trips back and we got to go backstage
on Haunted Mansion – even the attention to detail and themeing in areas few
guests step foot was incredible! It’s also my mums favourite ride (and she
doesn’t do many!) so of course we ride it one too many times!

The People Mover

A day at MagicKingdom is not complete without a complete circuit
on the Tommorwland Transit Authoritys people mover! It’s such a great way to
relax and you get an amazing view of the inside of SpaceMountain. My parents once rode it and the SpaceMountain ride was closed off, all the lights
on inside, they say it looked incredible – I wish they’d took a picture! It’s
amazing how many people over look this little gem!

Carousel of Progress

This
probably has to be the one place in the park where the presence of Walt Disney
is truly felt. Created for the 1964 World Fair. It’s claimed that this was Walt
Disney’s favourite attraction and I can believe that, it’s the only attraction
in Walt Disney World that Walt was directly, hands on involved in! I love this
attraction and wish more people would take the time to not just experience it,
but understand what it’s all about too. (I sense a blog post in the making!)

Of course,
there are other ‘must do, my trip is not complete without’ traditions at Magic
Kingdom, like watching Wishes as close to the rose gardens as possible, and
buying buckets of popcorn just so we can use the bucket for packaging up Christmas
ornaments to get them safely home. I might just have to give this list an
extended version.2!